Instagram snapshots: Andy Pietrasik in Western Australia

Instagram snapshots: Andy Pietrasik in Western Australia

In our weekly look at travel through three Instagram images, Andy Pietrasik visits Gnaraloo sheep station – a true taste of the Australian outback where the desert meets the Indian Ocean

Main image:
Water bore windmill at Gnaraloo Station, WA
Photograph: Andy Pietrasik for the Guardian

Wed 20 Sep 2017 08.23 EDT
Last modified on Wed 20 Sep 2017 10.05 EDT

Road to nowhere

It’s a mission to get to
Gnaraloo Station in the north of Western Australia – a 1,036km drive from Perth on arrow-straight roads with the constant hazard of suicidal kangaroos. But it’s worth it to reach a wilderness where the desert meets the sea. •
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Walkabout in the bush

Gnaraloo is one of the few remaining merino sheep stations in the region, and covers 220,000 acres serviced by a few rough graded roads. But its appeal for the adventurous lies in its outback setting with eco-cabins and a campsite overlooking the Indian Ocean.